ARCHAOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF MYTILENE - OLD BUILDING
The three-storied building that houses the Archaeological Museum of Mytilene belonged to the family of Achilleas Vournazos and was built in the eclectic style by the Smyrniot architect Vapheiadis, around 1921. It is an exquisite specimen of the architecture in the last years of the Turkish occupation and has been protected with a preservation order. In 1965 the Greek State purchased it from the Vournazos' heirs. In 1985 it housed the newly founded Ministry of the Aegean and the antiquities were stored in the basement. In 1991 the Ministry was moved to another building, and in 1992 the exhibition was finally rearranged by the 20th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities.